Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 – January 2, 1933) was an American author, Baptist minister, academic administrator, educator, publisher, and social activist. He is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio (1899), a utopian work that envisions a separate African-American state within the United States. Griggs was African-American, and known for African American literature, and western fiction and wrote on social justice, racial segregation and integration. He served as president of American Baptist Theological Seminary (now American Baptist College). (From Wikipedia)
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Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Friction Between the Races: Causes and Cure (1930) (HTML at Virginia)- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: The Hindered Hand: or, The Reign of the Repressionist (third edition, reprint; New York: AMS Press, 1969), illust. by Robert E. Bell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Imperium in Imperio (Gutenberg text)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Overshadowed: A Novel (Nashville: Orion Pub. Co., 1901)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Pointing the Way (Nashville: Orion Pub. Co., 1908) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Unfettered: A Novel (with Dorlan's Plan; Nashville: Orion Pub. Co., 1902) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Wisdom's Call (c1911) (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Co-operative natures and social education; a philosophy of civic life. (National Public Welfare League, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Guide to racial greatness; or, The science of collective efficiency (National Public Welfare League, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: The hindered hand: or, The reign of the repressionist (The Orion publishing company, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: The hindered hand: or, The reign of the repressionist. (The Orion Publishing Company, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: The hindered hand; or, The reign of the repressionist (AMS Press, 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: How to rise (Memphis, Tenn. : National Public Welfare League, [1915], 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Imperium in imperio (Cincinnati : The Editor Pub. Co., 1899., 1899), also by Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Imperium in imperio (AMS Press, 1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Life's demands : or, According to law (National Public Welfare League, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Light on racial issues (The National public welfare league, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: The one great question : a study of southern conditions at close range (Orion Pub. Co., 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Overshadowed : a novel (AMS Press, 1973) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Overshadowed : a novel (Orion Pub. Co., 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Pointing the way ([AMS Press], 1974) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Pointing the way (Orion, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Pointing the way (The Orion publishing company, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Unfettered [and] Dorlan's plan (AMS Press, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Unfettered, a novel (The Orion publishing company, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert), 1872-1933: Wisdom's call (Orion Pub. Co., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
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